In this interview series Jean Martin, Head of Products, Career Business, Mercer and Heather Ryan, Compensation and Rewards Product Leader, Career Business, Mercer talk to Binny Rieder, VP Global Compensation and Recognition, IBM and Anshul Sheopuri, VP and CTO Data and AI, IBM about the journey that IBM has taken to plan and adopt a skills-based pay approach in IBM.

Listen to the interview series to gain insights, and get started on your skills-based journey!

Getting started on the skills journey

Path to implementing skills

What set IBM on the path to include skills in compensation decisions?

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Managing critical stakeholders and

Building the business case

Who were the critical stakeholders and how did you build your business case?

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Transitioning and leading

The change across the organization

How did you manage the transition and change across the organization?

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Business impact and changes in

Recruiting and retention practices

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What were the business impacts and how did it affect recruiting and retention practices?

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Performance review to pay-for-skills program

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How did you link your performance review program to the pay-for-skills program?

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Pay-for-skills and soft skills

Changes across job families

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Did the pay-for-skills program bring a pay change across all job families, including for soft skills?

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The employee experience

Managing the employee experience

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How did employees react to the transition?

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Future of pay-for-skills

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How do you see pay-for-skills developing in the future?

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Is your organization ready to advance skills-based practices?

 

To build more agile workforces, forward-thinking businesses are shifting from jobs to skills. Set up your organization for a successful future by implementing a robust skills strategy.

 

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